Cate

polka dot rabbit
ladies

Cate Lawrence
Melbourne, Australia

About me…
I live in Brunswick with my husband Chris and work full time in education advocacy at Swinburne University. Outside my day job, I run my small crafty business Polka Dot Rabbit making accessories and home goods out of retro and recycled materials. More recently Chris and I initiated Green Renters , a website of tips and info for people who wish to do their bit for the environment despite the challenges of living in a rental property. For fun I enjoy travelling, learning German, reading crime fiction, drinking vodka and hosting tea parties in the back garden and thinking about all the crafty things I would do if I had lots of time!

About My Square...
My square is inspired by a painted by Wilton Williams "The Bystander" (1925). I am a huge fan of 1920's art and art deco designs. I also adore cloche hats! The embroidery combines applique, backstitch, stem stitch and chain stitch. I really enjoyed designing it as sometimes it's an absolute luxury to make something 'just for me' rather than due to retail demand! I have some future 1920's inspired creations in the works.

Find me…
Website
Twitter
Blog
Etsy

Bianca

sadie & lance
love makes the world go round

Bianca
Sydney, Australia

About Me:
My crafty life is inspired by the creations of my Grandma, Sadie. My blog is a way to keep track of what ever craft takes my fancy.

My Mum always told me I should share my toys, so I took her on her word and in 2008 I created The Toy Society and started leaving handmade toys in public places as gifts for observant strangers.

About my square:
I love Redwork! I did some christmas redwork in 2007 using just a running stitch and thoroughly enjoyed the simple hand stitching. For my square I wanted to enjoy that simple repetitive stitching. I also wanted to express something simple that is so often displayed so generously within the craft community - the act of giving without the expectation of receiving something in return.

Stitched using 2 strands of embridery thread and running stitch.

Find me...
at Sadie & Lance
or The Toy Society

Jonathan

the yogre hunt

Jonathan
Cleveland,Ohio, USA

About me…
I’m a father and husband, and a biochemist. I like trying all sorts of things, but embroidery, simple building/wood carving, ultimate Frisbee, various kinds of dance, and outdoor yard/landscape restoration work are things I frequently return to. I’d love to collaborate on other needlework projects with any of you, but with a longer time frame.
I’ve begun to post pictures of things I’ve made, written, or read on my blog

My wife, who got me into this project, posts here.

About my square…
My square is embroidered by hand using 1, 3, or 6 strands of embroidery floss. I used almost four skeins to complete the design. Most of the design uses satin stitch and blanket stitch. There is some outline stitch (I think). The sky uses stitches I made up, although they’ve almost certainly been done before. For the sun, the curved fill was created by adding extra twist to the 6 strands and laying the satin stitch down in curved rows. These were anchored in place by passing a single strand through the 6 strand fill in enough places to hold it. The puffy part is again satin stitch with the thread untwisted to make it spread out, and loose stitches on the top. The rays were made by laying 6 strand floss straight from one end to the other. They were again anchored by basting to the cloth with a single strand. These stitches won’t hold up to wear. This was really designed just for show.

I thought of 19th century embroidery samplers after reading a little about the history of redwork, so I decided to start with a scriptural phrase. I slightly misquoted it from the Doctrine and Covenants 121:33. I wanted to pick something specific to my own religious tradition, but with a sentiment many others could share. I originally intended to use a deep space telescope picture, but decided to bring the image down to earth, literally. The mountains are the ones I saw east of my house growing up in Utah. The people looking up are me and my son.
You can see more about how the design was created here.

Feel free to use my design, or copy any ideas from it. The pictures are all public domain, although NASA wants to be acknowledged if you use theirs.

Evie

handmade romance
9 lives

About me...
Hello my name is Evie. I live in Melbourne Australia with a sometimes-friendly white cat and my comedic fiancé.
I spend most of my spare time 'making stuff'. And on rainy days I love to bake, sampling the goods straight from the oven!

About my square...
My square for The Quilt Project, titled Nine Lives is embroidered by hand using mostly backstitch and a little running stitch. I am pretty new to embroidery and love the idea of creating an illustration in this medium. For my piece I drew nine cats doing various things they love. There is a little of me in each of them!
So, why cats? Simple. I like them.
And the title?
'Nine Lives' comes from the saying, 'A cat has nine lives'. I felt this was quite fitting to The Quilt Project, which inspired the use of this saying. Not only are many lives coming together, contributing a little piece of themselves to the one project but there is also the possibility each piece of quilt can take on many lives of it's own, beyond what the creator imagines. From concept, execution, Kirsty's quilt project and whatever lies thereafter!

Find me...
I'm often found meandering over here,
And can be randomly spotted here.

Kate

one flew over
patchwork square

Kate
Melbourne, Australia

About me…
Mother to two, wife to one and friend to many...

I have been sewing for a year and blogging for even less than that, it has been a wonderful little journey and I feel really lucky to be part of such a wonderful community. I write a blog at One Flew Over.

About my square…
My square is a wonkish log cabin block. I have used some of my favourite fabrics and tried to incorporate some of Australia's very talented fabric designers...Aunty Cookie and Prints Charming to name a few.

Find me…
blog
flickr
twitter

Tania

myrtle & eunice
no place like home

Tania
Melbourne, Australia

About me…
I am a mum, a wife, a designer, a recovering perfectionist, an over-my-head-with-addiction craftster

I make stuff because it’s food for this soul. I blog about the crafty and the steep learning curves, along with the comedy of errors that punctuate our family life with startling frequency.

About my square…
Embroidered by hand using anything with sparkle-arkle, as well as embroidery floss and a swish of silk/satin.

From the outset I was drawn to Dorothy and her red shoes. My embroidered versions are referenced from the original shoes worn by Judy Garland. Even though it’s never not a whirlwind at my place, there really is no place like home.

You can see more about how the design was created here.

Find me…
Flickr
Twitter